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(No Model.)

L. D. FOWLER.

Patented Oct. 3,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

LEWIS D. FOWLER, OF NIXON, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF To H. H. HINKLE AND no.HINKLE, OF SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,897, dated October3, 189 3.

Application filed July 17; 1893. Serial No. 480,742. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, LEWIS D. FOWLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nixon, in the county of Hardin and State of Tennessee, haveinvented a new and useful Hop, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in mops.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofmops, and to provide a simple and inexpensive one adapted to readilyreceive corn shucks, cloths and' the like, and capable of readilyclamping andreleasing the same to permit them to be readily placed inthe mop head and removed therefrom as desired.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanyingdrawings and pointed out in theolaims hereto appended.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view of a mop constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.Fig. 3 is a detail view showing one of the bearings. Fig. 4 is a detailview of a portion of the inner and outer frames.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlngs.

1 designatesan inner rectangular frame, constructed of metal, andconsisting of opposite sides 2 and a front cross-piece 3 and provided atintervals with clamping bars 4. The frame 1 is provided at the innerends of its sides, which are bent inward, with upward extendin gL-shaped arms 5, and the latter form continnations of, and are integralwith a fork 6, which has a shank inserted in a handle'7. The sides 2 ofthe inner frame 1 are provided between the clamping bars withlongitudinal slots 8, which receive reduced ends of clamping bars 9 ofan outer frame 10, whereby the latter is slidingly mounted on the innerframe 1. The outer frame 10 is rectangular and consists of side bars 11and a front end bar 12; the clamping bars of the inner and'outer framesco-operate and hold 'between them shucks or cloths and the frontcross-pieces 3 and 12 of the inner and outer frames form clamping bars.The reduced ends of. the clamping-bars 9 extend through the slots .8 andare secured to the sides 11 of the outer frame'lO. The sliding frame isactuated to operate the clamping bars, by a rock-shaftl3 mounted inbearing eyes 14 of the L-shaped arms 5, and having depending arms 15,which are connected by. link bars 16 with the adjacent ends of the sidebars 11 of the outer sliding frame 10. The rock-shaft is provided witha'central arm 17, which is curved at its front end to clear the fork 6,and which has its rear or outer end 18 bifurcated. The bifurcated end ofthe central arm 17 of the rockshaft is engaged by a locking screw 19,which is mounted on the handle 7 of the mop, and which is provided witha crank handle to enable it to be readily engaged with and disengagedfrom the central arm of the rock-shaft,

by turning .it. ahalf revolution. The mop.

head is braced and supported by a longitudinally disposed L-shaped rod20 secured to the front cross-bar 3 of the inner stationary frame, 1

and extending rearward and inserted in the handle of the mop and weldedor otherwise secured to the shank of the fork 6. Thel'arms 5, which areformed integral with the fork 6 may be integral with the inner frame'orbe welded or otherwise secured thereto. The clamping bars at and 9 havetheir opposed faces flat and their outer faces are rounded, and theirreduced ends form shoulders, which are arranged against the 'inner facesof the .vention.

What I claim is- 1. A mop having a head comprising a frame provided withclamping bars rigidly connected to it and arranged at intervals, and asliding frame mounted on said frame and provided with clamping barsrigidly connected ICO to it and arranged in the intervals between thesaid clamping bars, and co-operating with the same substantially asdescribed.

2. A mop head comprising an inner frame provided with a fork adapted tobe attached to a handle, a series of clamping bars secured to said frameand arranged at intervals, an outer frame conforming to theconfiguration of the inner frame and slidingly mounted on the same andprovided with clamping bars arranged at intervals and co-operating withthose of the inner frame, and a rock-shaft connected with the outerframe and journaled thereon and provided at its end with arms connectedwith the sliding frame, substantially as described.

3. A mop comprising a handle, an inner frame secured thereto andprovided with clamping bars arranged at intervals, an outer frameslidingly mounted on the inner frame and provided with clamping barsco-operat in g with those of the inner frame, a. rock's-heft jonrnaledon the inner frame and provided at its ends with depending armsandhaving intermediate of its ends a rearwardly extending arm, linksconnecting the arms at the ends of the rock-shat t with the slidingframe, and means for securing the intermediate arm of the rockshaft tothe handle, substantially as described.

4. A mop comprising a handle, an inner rectangular frame connected withthe handle and provided at its sides with longitudinal slots, clampingbars 4 secured to the sides of the inner frame and arranged atintervals, an outer rectangular frame conforming to the sides of theouter frame, said clamping bars 9 being arranged adjacent to andco-operan ing with the clamping bars 4, and means for locking thesliding outer frame against move r ing a fork and provided with clampingbars,

a handle secured to the fork, an outer frame slidingly mounted on theinner frame and provided with clamping bars, a rock-shaft journaled atthe fork and having depending arms at its ends and provided with anintermediate rearwardly extending arm having its outer end bifurcated,links connecting the arms at the ends of the rock-shaft with the slidingframe, and a locking screw mounted on the mop handle and provided with acrank handle engaging the bifurcated end of the intermediate arm of therock-shaft, substantially as described.

6. A mop comprising an inner rectangular frame having longitudinal slotsat its sides I and provided at the rear ends thereof withupw'ardlyextending arms and having a. fork, a handle secured to thefork, an outer rectangular frame arranged on the inner frame andconforming to the configuration thereof and provided with clamping barshaving reduced ends arranged in said slots and forming shoulders, alongitudinally disposed L- shaped bracing rodsecnred to the front of theinner frame and to the fork, a rock-shaft jonrnaled on thearms of theinner frame and 1 provided atits ends with depending arms and having anintermediate arm extending rearward along the handle and bifurcated atits outer end, link plates connecting the arms at a the ends of therock-shaft with the sliding frameand a screw mounted on the handle ofthe mop and engaging the bifurcated end of the intermediate arm ofthemck-shaft and having a crank handle, substantially as deconfignrationof the inner frame, clamping bars 9 having reduced ends arranged in theslots of the inner frame and secured to the scribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS D. FOWLER.

Witnesses:

D. T. STREET, L. L. HURBERT.

